{"id":5258,"date":"2020-02-03T14:15:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T13:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=5258"},"modified":"2020-02-03T14:15:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T13:15:01","slug":"dss","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/portfolio-articoli\/dss\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS INTERNATIONAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-ecksqy-eca74e5ca9457530696ca6acec3043f7 avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' 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class=\"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2 class='avia-caption-title '  itemprop=\"name\" >LCTA INTERVIEWS<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-3707 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3707\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sld-documenti.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"430\" title='sld-documenti' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sld-documenti.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sld-documenti-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sld-documenti-768x220.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sld-documenti-1030x295.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sld-documenti-705x202.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sld-documenti-450x129.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>DSS INTERNATIONAL<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-5s56t6-4490b1a6d95a32eb9d48277969f90b4a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>What is the core activity of your company? Does your company focus on particular geographic markets?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The core activity of DSS INTERNATIONAL is contained in the name of the company. The abbreviation DSS stands for DneproSpetsStal, which is the Ukrainian producer of special steel for which we work as exclusive distributors for a major part of the world. The special steel we distribute is in bars (mainly round) and can be grouped in the following big families: Tools steel, Stainless steel, Engineering steel and PM steel (Powder Metallurgy steel). We export the 25% to Germany, 10% to Italy, 20% to other EU countries, 15% to North America and the balance to rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In your view, what is the actual trend of your sector?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A big share of our steel goes to the automobile industry, so our sector partially fluctuates together with the world use of cars and the purchase of new models. Another factor influencing our position is the price of nickel, which is the predominant cost element in the production of stainless steel. Overall, we presently see a stable trend in our sector after a major reduction last year. Even if we are moderately touched by the \u201cTrump tariffs\u201d on some grades of special steel, our volumes to North America have not decreased much, because almost all our customers have accepted to absorb the increase of price.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you judge the perspectives of your activity&#8217;s market?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We do not expect major changes this year, but overall the results should improve thanks to new investments in production as well as the strengthening of the sales\/marketing teams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For your company, what are the benefits of working in Lugano (Switzerland)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good infrastructures, reasonable level of bureaucracy, banks providing trade finance services, pleasant location to work in and where to invite our frequent international visitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your opinion in one sentence to describe LCTA&#8217;s activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are very pleased to be part of this association, which defends our industries\u2019 interest. It is also a platform to meet with people working in similar or related sectors. Important is also LCTA\u2019s contribution in the professional education.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-26h7z4-3903482211ef7ec42397de64aec3a1a7 hr-default  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-5s56t6-4490b1a6d95a32eb9d48277969f90b4a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>February 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4f6aay-4c04c7670aa4331ecb27cf1a0a91c11a\">\n#top .flex_column.av-4f6aay-4c04c7670aa4331ecb27cf1a0a91c11a{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-4f6aay-4c04c7670aa4331ecb27cf1a0a91c11a{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:30 px 30 px 30 px 30 px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-4f6aay-4c04c7670aa4331ecb27cf1a0a91c11a{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4f6aay-4c04c7670aa4331ecb27cf1a0a91c11a av_one_third  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2hnxfe-97b69abe0b37076fc60b276337ec6961\">\n.avia-image-container.av-2hnxfe-97b69abe0b37076fc60b276337ec6961 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-2hnxfe-97b69abe0b37076fc60b276337ec6961 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-2hnxfe-97b69abe0b37076fc60b276337ec6961 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-left  avia-builder-el-8  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-5255 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-5255 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Foto-Lucia-Longhi-300x271.png\" alt='' title='Foto Lucia Longhi'  height=\"271\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Foto-Lucia-Longhi-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Foto-Lucia-Longhi.png 445w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-juxpryqm-cdbba0e0c7c0621ed3fc2d5465902013 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Lucia Longhi, General Manager<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[20],"class_list":["post-5258","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-interview-en"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/5258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/5258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5258"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=5258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}